IVE News and Press, iShares S&P 500 Value From 06/19/23

2023-06-19 06:05:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 earnings yield has fallen to 5.1% and hasn’t been this low in 15 months. The good news is that the S&P 500 rose 2.5% last week. The Bloomberg corporate high-yield index shows that that asset class was up 5.31% as of Fri...

2023-06-19 03:40:00 ET Summary On March 31st, 2023, the S&P 500 was priced to return 2.41%/year over the next ten years. I don’t think AI will permanently increase productivity. The system should adjust and things should remain mostly the same. The estimated rate of...

2023-06-14 21:30:00 ET Summary This year is showing there is a wide dispersion of returns across the standard index providers’ definitions of growth and value. Microsoft was the second-largest holding in the S&P 500 Growth Index and the top holding in the S&P 500 Va...

2023-06-14 15:00:00 ET Summary Heading into the month of June, stock market performance this year was a clear case of the haves and the have-nots. As of 5/31, just three sectors - Technology, Communications Services, and Consumer Discretionary - were outperforming the S&P 500 ...

2023-06-13 10:55:00 ET Summary There will be times when both gold and the SPX are rising in US$ terms, but it should be possible to tell the one that is in a genuine bull market because it will be the one that is relatively strong. For at least a decade, we have been monitoring th...

2023-06-12 21:37:00 ET Summary Securities lending balances have declined across the Americas, Europe, and Asia as short covering took place in May. The S&P 500, DAX, and Nikkei index have all experienced gains, reflecting renewed positive sentiment in global markets. Despi...

2023-06-12 21:05:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 has officially entered a bull market, rising over 20% from its bottom of 3,577.03 on 12 October 2022. Despite the bull market, the S&P 500 is still 10.4% below its record high closing value of 4,796.86 from 3 January 2022. The...

2023-06-12 12:20:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 is entering "extreme overbought" territory, with its earnings yield dropping towards 5%, a level that usually signals a need for a correction. Fundamentals and technicals are aligning to tell investors the S&P 500 is getting exten...

2023-06-10 08:00:00 ET Summary Vanguard U.S. Value Factor ETF holds 500+ stocks with value characteristics. The VFVA ETF is actively managed, so the strategy rules are not fully disclosed. It is overweight in financials and has a high turnover. VFVA is much more volatile t...

2023-06-09 00:26:00 ET Summary US labor market shows signs of deterioration beneath the surface, with a divergence between the establishment and household surveys in the jobs report. Consumption may face headwinds from higher earners losing jobs, tightening lending standards, and ...